I saw on the news that Carbondale, IL is the town where the eclipse will last the longest. Funny... that's just a few miles from where my mother's family lived, used to go there all the time to visit. They are all long gone now though. 
Solar Eclipse 2017
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NASA can take you there
That's where I'll be watching from, if I don't fall asleep once it gets dark 
More info about the eclipse then you will ever need;
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-live-stream
Carbondale is where the track crosses the track of the next solar eclipse coming in 2024.Both tracks cross right over the New madrid Fault .Where the worst earthquake in USA history occurred a little over 200 years ago.The Mississippi flowed backwards and changed course and created Reelfoot Lake.Waves of earth could be seen traveling at a high rate of speed and they would burst and throw earth and rocks as high as the tree tops.Quite a terrifying description of it written.I forget who wrote it though.I saw on the news that Carbondale, IL is the town where the eclipse will last the longest. Funny... that's just a few miles from where my mother's family lived, used to go there all the time to visit. They are all long gone now though.
Leaving in an hour.
It's rather overcast at my place right now, not sure how this will work out. Here's a timetable for NJ: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/20..._path_f.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured
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Southern New Jersey
- Eclipse starting time: 1:23 p.m.
- Maximum blockage: 2:46 p.m.
- Darkness level: 75 to 78 percent of the sun will be obscured
- Ending time: 4:03 p.m.
Well that was OK, the clouds cleared in time. Sunlight got dim and had an interesting quality, shadows became sharper than usual because the light source was smaller.
Hope you had a good trip Al, safe travels on the way home!
Hope you had a good trip Al, safe travels on the way home!
Right about the time it reached the maximum there was a sudden gust of wind which was strange because it was very still before and after. Also heard a bunch of birds singing. I'm thinking this was just coincidence, because the overall effect of the eclipse wasn't all that dramatic.
I too noticed how the clouds thickened, but then realized that cloud layer had been there before and after in about the same density. Apparently eclipse darkening had made those clouds appear darker, that's all. Patty made a hole-in-cereal box eclipse viewer, which worked fine for our purpose.
Viewing Notes:
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Viewing Notes:
- Crickets really did start evening songs, and continued well after the sun fully reappeared.
- Katydids then followed the crickets in call, but stopped at maximum.
- Tree frogs then followed the katydids, but only hesitantly and briefly.
- A couple birds started evening song, but not in strength.
- Like Boyd, one distinct gust of wind blew just after the maximum.
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Funny that you also got the gust of wind. I did not notice the cloud effect though. It was cloudy like @smoke_jumper 's picture earlier, but gradually became clear well before the maximum sun coverage. It certainly didn't get dark enough to look like night, but the sun's intensity did drop quite a bit.
I was on the Wading down by Evans Bridge and looked up through the clouds.
2024 will be in our backyard. I'd bet it will be cloudy.
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https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8#
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https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8#